A number of MP's in the working committee of the governing United National Party(UNP) had today(17) heavily criticized the Minister Of Justice and Buddha Sasana Wijedasa Rajapakshe around two hours over his actions which supported some of the previous government leaders during a working Committee meeting held at "Sirikotha "today(17) it has been revealed.

Minister Wijedasa Rajapakshe who was a former member of the United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) had been heavily criticized over delaying the legal activities of those politicians of the previous regime who are accused over fraud and corruption .

It has been reported that a group of back bench MP's attached to the governing UNP is preparing a no confidence motion against Minister Rajapakshe and now political sources have stated that Minister himself will be resigned from his Ministerial Portfolio over the current situation he is in and will be seated in the back bench of the Parliament.

Two persons were killed and two others injured after the Motor Car they were traveling in veering off the road at Pindeniya on Kegalle-Awissawella road and toppled over to the near by Gurugodaoya early this morning(17).

The five injured persons two of them critically had been admitted to the Kegalle Hospital for treatment and two of them had succumbed to their injuries after admission to the Hospital.

The deceased had been identified as a father and son of a same family and they along with the injured are residents of Katakumbura , Kadugannawa area.Three females are also there among the injured it has been announced.

Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has today(17) announced a tax reduction package for Internet,Motorcycles,Small Cabs and Lorries during a press briefing held in Colombo.Accordingly the 10% Telecommunication levy imposed on Internet services by the former Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake is due to be removed completely with effect from 01st of September .Under this telecommunication companies have agreed to reduce the internet charges of pre paid services the Minister has said.

According to the Minister Samaraweera the excise duty imposed on Motorcycles less than 150 cc is due to by reduced by 90% with effect from midnight tonight(17).

The duty imposed on small cabs and lorries will be reduced by Rs.300,000 from Rs.10,000,000 to Rs.700,000.

Substantial price reduction will be introduced particularly for Japanese Motorcycles it has been announced.Accordingly the prices of Motorcycles will be reduced from Rs.50,000 to Rs.100,000 Finance Minister has stated.

yesterday(16) questioned the yoshitha Rajapakshe the second son of former president Mahinda Rajapakshe for three hours over changing the color of a defender vehicle donated to the "Siriliya"foundation run by his mother during the previous government and used it for the murder of former Rugby player wassim thajudeen.

Yoshitha Rajapakshe arrived at CID Headquarters last morning accompanied by his father former president Mahinda Rajapakshe,his brother MP Namal Rajapakshe and some Joint opposition MP's to give the statement

CID hadalso questioned Yoshitha's mither the former first lady Shiranthi Rajapakshe too over the incident on last Tuesday (15).

Around 3000 persons die annually in Sri Lanka due to suicides according to the Mental Health Director attached to the Health Ministry Dr.Chitramali De Silva.

Suicides among youth population in Sri Lanka are on the increase and 23.7 per 100,000 youth population committed suicide according to the latest statistics.Boys are prone to commit suicide three times more than girls and youth in urban areas is being committed suicide more than youth in villages it has been revealed Dr.Silva has stated.

Competitive environment in education and employment ,stress ,physical and emotional disappointments and breaking relationships within the family and outside the family are identified as main causes for the increased number of suicides among youth she has stressed.

president Mahinda Rajapakshe was questioned today (15) by the Police financial crimes investigations Division (FCID) around five and half hours over launching of a "Supreme Sat"-1 satellite project under the guidence of him with the cost of Rs.320 million during previous government.

Although a large sum of public money had been invested for Mthe Satellite project no ressults had been shown as a result according to the investigations.

Meanwhile the second son of former President ,yoshitha rajapakshe due to be questioned by CID tomorrow (16)over the murder case of Rugby player Wasim Thajudeen.

questioned by the criminal investigations department (CID) for three hours this morning (15)over utilizing a defender vehicle donated to her "Siriliya" foundation by the red cross for other purposes.

It has been revealed during an investigations carried out on the murder of former Sri Lankan rugby player wasim thajudeen that the defender belonging to the "Siriliya"foundation linked to the murder of the former rugby player.

When the former first lady Shiranthi Rajapakshe had arrived at CID this morning as per the summons issued to her ,former president Mahinda Rajapakshe and her two sons MP namal rajapakshe , yoshitha rajapakshe along with several joint opposition MP's ,some artists and supporters accompanied her and due to the situation a water canon truck was deployed on the road lead to the CID.

Joint opposition MP's wore black bands and protested against questioning former first lady by the CID.

A former Minister and Attorney General Thilak Marapana has been appointed as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs .He had sworn in his Ministerial portfolio before the President Maithripala Sirisena at President's House this morning(15).New Foreign Minister has been appointed after the resignation of Former Foreign Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake over the allegations leveled against him in connection with the Central Bank Bond scam.

Minister Marapana was the former Minister of Law and Order of the present government and he had resigned from his post due to the allegations leveled against him on Avantguarde case in 2015.Later he has been given the Ministry of Development in May this year.

Around 40% of men and 2.4% of females in Sri Lanka are consuming Alcohol according to the latest statistics the Director of Mental Health attached to the Ministry Of Health Dr.Chitramali De Silva has stated.

The females consuming Alcohol are over 15 year old Dr.Silva has stressed.Around 10% of the Sri Lankan youth in the age group of 15-24 also consuming Alcohol it has been revealed.

hospitalized after the sand transporting tipper truck they were travelling in veering off the road after colliding with a Three wheeler and crashed in to a wall and lamp post at matikumbura area on Colombo-Kurunagala main road .

The injured including another two persons travelling in the Three Wheeler including the driver ,were admitted to the Polgahawela Hospital for treatment.

The deceaseed had been identified as 22 and 25 year old persons resided in Galewela and Kanthale areas.

friendly tourism policy has been recommended the government to restrict the number of local and foreign tourist arrivals to the historical world heritage Sigiriya Rock fortress in order to prevent destroying it.

The sub committe appointed by the National Policy Development office of the Prime Minister's office had stated through it's report that the Sigiriya especially the famous katapath pawura is destroying due to the heavy tourist arrivals and some natural causes.

Due to the smell perspiration emanating from the tourists there is a threat of destroying the famous "Sigiriya frescoes"further according to the report.

foreign tourists who enter the jungle sea coastal area of the Unawatuna Beach in Galle during a co -ordination meeting held in Habaraduwa area yesterday (14).

Accordingly both local and foreign tourists need to buy a ticket when entering the jungle coastal area in unawatuna in future.The decision to charge a fee has been taken to ensure the cleanliness of the Beach and the enviornmental security of the area the authorities have stated.

Three female sex workers and a manageress attached to a Brothel House maintained on the pretext of a Ayurveda Massage Center (SPA) had been arrested by the Mirihana Police in Nawala area.

The females arrested are on the ages of 25 to 30 years and residents of Udupussallawa ,Anuradhapura,Thanamalwila and Embilipitiya areas and they were released on bail after been produced before the Hulftsdorf Court .The Court has ordered the Police to obtain medical reports of the females and produced to the Court.

Around 22 passengers have been injured and hospitalized after a Bus traveling from Kataragama to Walapane falling down to a precipice around 150 foot deep at Mahauva area on Ragala-Walapane main road last night(13).

The injured have been admitted to the Nuwara Eliya Hospital for treatment and some of them had left the Hospital after receiving treatment it has been reported. The condition of the passengers who are still receiving treatment at the Hospital is not critical Hospital sources have said.

Government has decided to speeding up the investigations on charges leveled against the former President Mahinda Rajapakshe and his family members after a group of back bench MP's belonging to the governing United National Party(UNP) urged the government that the process of these investigations is slow.

The back bench UNP MP's had also stressed that the Good Governance government not able to conclude any of the investigation carrying out on the charges leveled against former President Rajapakshe and his family members since come to power on 2015 .

The Neville Fernando Teaching Hospital in Malabe had been taken over to the Government with effect from 01st of August 2017 under a Tri party"letter of Intent "signed by three parties including the Ministry Of Health until the legal agreement regarding the taken over currently being drafted by Attorney General is finalized according to the Secretary to the Ministry Of Health,Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Janaka Sugathadasa.

Soon after the drafting of legal agreement on taking over the Neville Fernando Hospital to the government is finalized the relevant parties will sign it the Health Ministry Secretary has stated.

Responding to the accusations made by the Government Medical Officers Association(GMOA) on that the Neville Fernando Hospital not taken over by the government legally ,Health Secretary has stressed that the taken over had done based on a decision taken by the Cabinet of Ministers and Health Ministry,SAITM Institute and Bank Of Ceylon had signed the letter of intent regarding the taken over.